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The latest blog posts to take off on Hacker News. 1,121 posts.
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Why can an ad break the Windows 11 desktop and taskbar?
A new promo message for Microsoft Teams broke the Windows desktop shell and the taskbar for Windows 11 Insider users. Why can cloud services break Windows PCs?
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Gift card gang extracts cash from 100k inboxes daily
Some of the most successful and lucrative online scams employ a “low-and-slow” approach — avoiding detection or interference from researchers and law enforcement agencies by stealing small bits of cash from many people over an extended period. Here’s the story of a cybercrime group that compromises up to 100,000 email…
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Gab.com’s Response to Congress
Following Gab’s receipt of a letter from the January 6th Committee investigating the protests at the U.S. Capitol, we responded to Congress today to set the
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Tyler Cowen is a curator of talent
Tyler Cowen is an economist that has spotted top talent in fields ranging from biotech to literature, often years before insiders. How does he do it?
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Apple announces first states to adopt driver’s licenses and IDs in Apple Wallet
Apple is working with states across the country to roll out the ability for their residents to add their driver’s license or state ID to Wallet.
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Inequality, Interest Rates, Aging, and the Role of Central Banks
Bad things lead to more bad things. But (some) bad things can be fixed.
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The Seniority Roller Coaster and Down-Leveling in Tech
In tech, switching jobs almost always comes with either a financial or a title upside. However, it doesn’t always come with both. Switching for higher compensation can result in a “lower” title, like going from Senior Software Engineer to SWE 2 or VP Engineering to Senior Engineering Manager. This
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Docker is updating and extending our product subscriptions
Docker announces significant upgrades to its subscription plans, delivering more value, flexibility, and tools for customers of all sizes.
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Windows 11 available on October 5
Today, we are thrilled to announce Windows 11 will start to become available on October 5, 2021. On this day, the free upgrade to Windows 11 will begin rolling out to eligible Windows 10 PCs and PCs that come pre-loaded with Windows 11 will start to
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Lazard’s Levelized Cost of Energy+ (LCOE+)
Lazard’s Levelized Cost of Energy+ is a widely cited report that analyzes the cost competitiveness of renewables, energy storage, and system considerations.
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Apple acquires classical music streaming service Primephonic
Apple has acquired Primephonic, the renowned classical music streaming service that offers an outstanding listening experience.
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A Compass for the Politics of Collapse
The word "collapse" appears more and more often in recent political debate. Online, in the media, in the Academia, and in radical politic...
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Enterprise Software Projects Killed the Software Developer
This post was inspired by a comment on HackerNews that I am not able to find anymore. The gist of it was “While architecture is often over-engineered, code i...
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Don’t Let Architecture Astronauts Scare You (2001)
When great thinkers think about problems, they start to see patterns. They look at the problem of people sending each other word-processor files, and then they look at the problem of people sending…
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For First Time, Half of Americans Favor Defending Taiwan If China Invades
2021 Chicago Council Survey data show a majority of Americans support a range of US policies towards Taiwan: recognition as an independent country, inclusion in international organizations, and a US-Taiwan free trade agreement.
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The QSBS Tax Exemption: A Valuable Benefit for Startup Founders and Builders
The Qualified Small Business Stock (QSBS) tax exemption may allow you to avoid up to 100% of the capital gains taxes incurred when you sell a stake in a startup or small business. Here we discuss how you can apply this exemption and what you need to do to qualify.
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Valneva and Pfizer announce Phase 2 study for Lyme disease vaccine candidate
Saint-Herblain (France) and New York, NY, March 8, 2021 – Valneva SE (“Valneva”), a specialty vaccine company focused on prevention of diseases with major unmet needs, and Pfizer Inc. (NYSE: PFE) today announced initiation of study VLA15-221. The VLA15-221 study builds on previous positive Phase 2 studies…
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The Story of Playdate
I recently posted the sixth episode of the Panic Podcast — a wide-ranging look into the creation of Playdate , our upcoming hand held video game system, based on over nine hours of conversation. It’s a really special listen. But I’m told not everybody listens to podcasts (outrageous), so I’ve made it a (long) blog…
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Kobol Team Is Pulling the Plug from “Helios64 Open Source NAS”
Kobol Blog. The Open Source NAS
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Googlespeak – How Google limits thought about antitrust
“Don’t you see that the whole aim of Newspeak is to narrow the range of thought? In the end we shall make thoughtcrime literally impossibl
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Samsung remotely disables TVs looted from South African warehouse
The official communications channel of Samsung Electronics, which provides the latest stories regarding its products, people and businesses.
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Is Hacker News a good predictor of future tech trends?
I set out to investigate whether Hacker News is a useful barometer for up-and-coming technologies that will hit the mainstream within the next few years.
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Adobe: The Psychology of User Offboarding
Discover the user offboarding tactics used by Adobe and how to design a great subscription cancellation flows without relying on unethical dark patterns.